Soft Biscotti Christmas Knots
an easy to make soft biscotti that can be decorated with different colors of nonpareils
Equipment
- Electric Mixer, preferably with a paddle attachment. I used an electric mixer with regular beaters.
- baking sheets
- parchment paper or silicon mats
- spatula
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened at room tempuratur
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspooon baking powder
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon mats
- Using the electric mixer, cream the butter & sugar together until light & fluffy. this will take about 3 minutes with the electric mixer.
- After the butter & sugar is light & fluffy, add the eggs, milk & vanilla and mix until all ingredients are combined
- Add all the dry ingredients to the batter and blend well
- resulting dough will be soft but not sticky
- use a tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop out the dough
- roll the tablespoon of dough into a rope
- twist into a knot and place on the parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 min. Biscotti cookies will be lightly brown on the bottom
- allow to cool, once cool ice and decorate
Notes
Recipe will make approximately 3 dozen soft biscotti
The parchment paper made clean up a breeze!
The total time estimate does not include the time for the cookies to cool before icing them. I think it took about 20 to 25 minutes for my cookies to cool before I iced them.
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